InStyle.com Presents: Martha Stewart's Transformation

Martha Stewart: 1959

When your name is shorthand for perfection, you know you have to look your best. "I have a maintenance regimen for feeling good and looking good," Martha Stewart once told People. Along with her appropriately homespun habits (stand up straight, use baby oil as makeup remover), the former model depends on a honey-blond tapered cut and a minimal dusting of peachy blush to enhance her considerable natural beauty. The result? Stewart's face is as recognizable and, well, perfect as the signature aesthetic that has made her millions.

1959: Martha Kostyra graduated from Nutley High School in Nutley NJ with a part-time modeling job, a scholarship to Barnard and a neat pageboy. (Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library)See More of Chelsea's Transformation

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When your name is shorthand for perfection, you know you have to look your best. "I have a maintenance regimen for feeling good and looking good," Martha Stewart once told People. Along with her appropriately homespun habits (stand up straight, use baby oil as makeup remover), the former model depends on a honey-blond tapered cut and a minimal dusting of peachy blush to enhance her considerable natural beauty. The result? Stewart's face is as recognizable and, well, perfect as the signature aesthetic that has made her millions.

1959: Martha Kostyra graduated from Nutley High School in Nutley NJ with a part-time modeling job, a scholarship to Barnard and a neat pageboy. (Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library)See More of Chelsea's Transformation

The full-fledged executive launched "Martha Stewart Living" Omnimedia and her magazine's website. Right in synch? Her face-framing power-bob. (Ron Galella/WireImage)See More of Chelsea's Transformation